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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Beauty In The Snow - Shadows

The March Slice of Life Challenge- 27 of 31 Thanks to Ruth and Stacey, at Two Writing Teachers for all their work to facilitate this-

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I've made a new blogger connection in these past months and her name is Beverley. She writes at Bunny's Girl, is doing the SOLS here, so you may know her. When you visit her site, you will see that she's so creative. She not only writes, now during the SOLS challenge, but also creates artist's cards, collages, and messes with something called 'cells'. If you'll look at her past posts, occasionally you'll see that she participates in something called Shadow Shot Sunday. I don't do that, but have loved seeing the photos that Beverley has shared.

It was a beautiful day yesterday, sunny two days after the snow. Some bare ground, but mostly still snow covered. I took a few photos to share too, and wrote a poem. Enjoy, and thanks to Beverley for the inspiration.

41 comments:

Your shadows are gorgeous! You really should take part in SSS!Thank you so much for the lovely words. You warmed my heart (and cheeks!) - you have made my day for sure!The poem you wrote is so descriptive. Loved it!You are an inspiration to me - I always look forward to your poems and posts.

gorgeous shots and poem. I love the idea I may have to use it as an inspiration for a writers workshop idea! It'll be fun to see what 1st graders come up with. Thank you Linda! Thank you too for always leaving such a great comments.

I love your shadow pictures. I am inspired to do the same even though we have no snow. Such beauty in the shadows. My favorite line in your poem is "In mornings our day stretches outlike pulling strands of yarn." I can see this image of the shadows stretching. I am getting sad that our month is nearly over. I will miss all the connections. Thanks for all you do to encourage these connections.

Shadows have always intrigued me, but I have not been pleased with the results of my photos. I love the snow canvas. The trees and fences cast such beautiful lines. Of course your poem has beautiful lines too as you follow the shadow through the day.

Lovely, Linda. Will you participate in writing a poem a day in April? I have put your blog on mine as a favorite. Your kindness with me in helping me get started, your photography and your wondrous words all have made this experience a rich one for me.

Gorgeous! I've had with shadows with the girls, but I love the look of the shadows in the photographs! Love this idea and will try it out with the girls too! However, we need a sunny day . . . it's been gray and cold. Hopefully in the next couple of days! Thanks for sharing.

I just took a picture with Ingrid today of our shadows (she spent the day with me). We played with shadows for a while. We are lucky to have so much sun, I know. Hope you can do this with the girls, Michelle. Thanks!

It amazes me how when you include a photo to accompany the imagery in a poem, it acts as an amplifier. It is as if the visual images highlight just how stunning the written images are.

This slice reminded me of the way shadows have always been the first thing I recognize as different when I move to a new house. I always enjoy getting used to new shadows, making new patterns on the wall at night.

Christy, you are so right. I have different lights coming in that I'm not used to at all, & the moon isn't in the 'right' place at all! Thanks for reminding about that difference. The funniest thing that happened in the first days was that I would get up from bed & walk the wrong way! I was used to this same way for years, & now it is different.